Legal Counsel

Legal Advisory:

• With guidance of Senior Counsel and/or external counsel (as applicable), give accurate and timely legal counsel to internal business teams on a myriad of business issues

Contracting Excellence:

• Draft, review and advise on a variety of legal documentation and contracts
• Send out prompters for Agreement renewals and arrange for the proper and timely execution of Agreements
• Negotiate with outside parties on specified contractual issues and legal disputes

Regulatory Compliance:

• Working with the Senior Counsel and external counsel, ensure that current laws, regulations, rules and legal materials/information likely to impact Business Partners operations are pre-emptively identified and develop materials to advise the business accordingly

Litigation Management:

• Assist with reviewing new claims and collaborate with business teams to devise efficient defense, working with the Senior Counsel
• Collate information and documents to aid the Litigation process and arrangements for Company witnesses and pre-trial briefings
• Proactively liaise and collaborate with external counsel, including follow-up and obtaining feedback on cases

Legal Risk Management:

• Proactively research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business teams decisions and operations, and advise accordingly
• Perform initial due diligence in legal matters, where required

Training and Awareness:

• Prepare periodic articles, training materials and updates on relevant legal issues for the business’ information.

Legal Operations:

• Ensure timely payment of External counsel and other Legal Vendors • Prepare legal reports and slides – as assigned by the Senior Counsel
• Update and maintain online and physical legal files and documentation
• Ensure monthly update of templates and other legal departments on the Legal Sharepoint
• Ensure proper filing of the Legal Team’s documents

Projects/Programmes:

• Support Legal Projects and/or other such programmes within the Company
• Carry out other legal-related tasks which the Senior Counsel assigns, from time-to-time.

Requirements

• Candidate must have a great personality - is responsive, positive and constructive
• Must havebeen called to the Nigerian Bar, and possesses a minimum of 3 years work experience
• Candidate must have experience in working with a manufacturing firm or must be a legal counsel for a reputable company.
• Candidate should betech-savvy and has great knowledge of IT tools for work (including MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc)
• Possesses excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Has some working knowledge of corporate and commercial law
• Is responsible and accountable - takes ownership of assigned tasks and sees them through to completion without needing constant supervision.
• Is good at organizing, planning, and prioritizing his/her work
• Is willing and ready to learn and grow professionally.
• Candidate should be willing to resume almost immediately
• Candidate should reside in Ikeja and its environs.